According to data of the Bulgarian National Bank, foreign direct investments in the country exceeded EUR 3.5 billion in 2023, Minister of Innovation and Growth Milena Stoycheva said today in Varna, quoted by BTA. The Ministry of Innovation and Growth issued investment project certificates worth more than EUR 300 million, which are expected to create more than 2,300 jobs.
Investors are interested in various areas, including electromobility, electrical components, software, biotechnology, bioeconomy, microelectronics, mechatronics. According to Minister Styocheva, investors from all over Europe, Asia, Turkiye and the USA are interested in Bulgaria.
Natural gas prices are expected to fall by about 14% from current levels, Bulgargaz CEO Veselin Sinabov told a public meeting of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). This means that one megawatt hour will cost 31.91 euro, compared to 36.88..
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has revised upwards its expectations for Bulgarian economic growth in 2025 but lowered its GDP growth forecast for 2026, it transpired from the Bank's regular quarterly Macroeconomic Forecast. In its March..
Bulgaria’s debt for 2024 amounts to BGN 48.846 billion (EUR 24 billion), or 24.1% of the country’s GDP, preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) show. In 2023, the country's debt was BGN 42.383 billion (EUR 20.8 billion), or..
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